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CVE-2012-0159 Detail

Current Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, and Windows 8 Consumer Preview; Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10329; and Silverlight 5 before 5.1.10411 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font (TTF) file, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53335
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027039
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-129A.html US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-164A.html US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-034
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-039
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75124
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15388
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15667

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8:consumer_preview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.50401.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.50524.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.50826.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.50917.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.51204.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.60129.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.60310.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.60531.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.0.60831.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:4.1.10111.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:5.0.60401.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:5.0.60818.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:5.0.61118.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0159
NVD Published Date:
05/08/2012
NVD Last Modified:
10/12/2018